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FOREST PEOPLE AND PLACES
Written by Bob Smyth.
Stock no. 1326791
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

A contemporary insight into the character and traditions of the Forest of Dean. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750919337. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers and a small, light crease to top corner of rear cover.

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COLLECTED POEMS 1912-1957
Written by F.W. Harvey.
Stock no. 1326790
Published by Douglas Mclean Publishing; The Forest Bookshop. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Card wraps. 95 pages. ISBN: 094625205X. Spine very slightly faded. Light foxing to textblock.

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IN SEARCH OF ENGLAND
Written by H.V. Morton; Simon Jenkins. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
Stock no. 1326764
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Simon Jenkins. Green pictorial cloth with white title block to spine and black title. Endpapers are A Map of England. B/w illustrations. A nice copy contained in green slipcase which has a tiny mark at top edge.

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THE LAKE DISTRICT (NN 53)
Written by W.H. Pearsall; Winifred Pennington.
Stock no. 1827267
Published by Collins. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 53. An excellent book for general naturalists, walkers, botanists, geologists, zoologists, archaeologists and historians, covering the natural and human history of The Lake District and surrounding areas, from pre-history to the present day on the evidence of the archaeologist, the historian and the conservationist. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0002131331. Ex-lib with usual library stamps, and marks to endpapers where labels have been removed. Boards clean. Contents browned. Pencil annotation to page 275. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has had mylar cover removed leaving glue stain (clear) to verso.

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THE COMMON LANDS OF ENGLAND AND WALES (NN 45)
Written by L. Dudley Stamp; W.G. Hoskins.
Stock no. 1326699
Published by Collins. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. For the first time all known or reputed commons in England are listed county by county with brief details of acreage, nature and present state. 6 colour and 31 b/w photos. 366 pages includes index. Name plate and name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby and edge rubbed. Light damp stains to verso of wrapper spine.

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GLAMORGAN HISTORIAN VOLUME ONE
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1326666
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

5.5" x 8.75". Red cloth covers with gilt lettering. 201 pages. Folding map to rear of book. Bringing together the researches of many. Spine and corners bumped with light crack to top corner tip of front cover. Foxing to textblock. Remains of a price-cut wrapper with tears and substantial loss.

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LIVED IN LONDON: BLUE PLAQUES AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEM
Written by Emily Cole.
Stock no. 1827179
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This attractive, lively and comprehensive book tells the stories behind 800 of the capital's plaques and is arranged geographically by borough and area. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos throughout. Heavy format. ISBN: 9780300148718. Board edges slightly rubbed, a couple of minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners.

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CORSHAM: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY PART TWO
Written by C.J. Hall.
Stock no. 1326583
Published by Christopher Hall. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Covering the span of Corsham's History 1900-1945. Large format. Grey cardwraps. 48 pages. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0950862517. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Covers slightly faded to spine, light crease to lower corner of rear cover. Small yellow highlighted patch to map else contents fine.

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AYNHO: A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE VILLAGE
Written by Nicholas Cooper.
Stock no. 1326582
Published by Leopard's Head Press; Banbury Historical Society. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A social history of the village from the earliest days of civilisation until recent years. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 339 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904920097. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side. Light foxing to textblock. Yellow dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF CORNWALL
Written by A.C. Todd; Peter Laws.
Stock no. 1326581
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0715355902. Minimal bumping to spine. Name in blue felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby and edge rubbed.

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THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF DARTMOOR
Written by Helen Harris.
Stock no. 1326580
Published by David & Charles. 1972. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue board, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. New impression with corrections. ISBN: 0715343025. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is price-cut.

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ALL ROUND THE WREKIN
Written by Walter White.
Stock no. 1326578
Published by Chapman & Hall. 2nd 1860. Almost very good condition.

A walk around the Wrekin in Shropshire, taking in Leominster, Shrewsbury, Birmingham etc. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in heavy pencil to front free-endpaper. Black biro doodles (blotting out previous writing) to top margin of title-page. Pencil erasure mark to top margin of page 1. Lower corner tip of page 23/4 removed (no loss of text). Some light foxing and some hinges pulled but generally contents clean and tight.

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